2023 PNVF Challenge Cup
Men's Division
Tournament details
DatesNovember 7–25, 2023
Teams20
Venue(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
ChampionsUniversity of Santo Tomas (1st title)
Runners-upCignal HD Spikers
Third placeVNS Asereht
Fourth placeNational University
Tournament awards
MVPJoshua Ybañez (UST)
Best SetterJerome Lopez (VNS)
Best OHJoshua Ybañez (UST)
Rey Miguel De Vega (UST)
Best MBJohn Paul Bugaoan (Cignal)
Edlyn Paul Colinares (UST)
Best OPPSherwin Umandal (UST)
Best LiberoManuel Sumanguid III (Cignal)
Tournament statistics
Matches played48

The men's division of the 2023 PNVF Challenge Cup began on November 7, 2023.

Starting from this season, the tournament formerly known as the PNVF Champions League would be known as the PNVF Challenge Cup.[1] This marks as the third season of the league.

University of Santo Tomas were the champions.[2]

Participating teams

The tournament was originally meant to enable local government units (cities, municipalities, and provinces) to hold their own volleyball programs.[3] The Challenge Cup would be opened for school and club teams. By the end of October 2023, the PNVF has secured commitment from 20 men's teams.[4]

Club/Team Sponsor Locality
Arellano University—Manila
Cignal HD SpikersCignal TV, Inc.—
Kuya JM Davao CityKuya JMDavao City
D'Navigators Iloilo—Iloilo City
Emilio Aguinaldo College—Manila
José Rizal University—Mandaluyong
3B Marikina—Marikina
National University—Manila
Angatleta–OrionAngatleta SportsOrion, Bataan
Plaridel, Quezon—Plaridel, Quezon
PGJC–NavyPhilippine Navy—
Rizal Technological University–Basilan—Basilan
Santa Rosa City—Santa Rosa, Laguna
Savouge AestheticsSavouge Medical Aesthetics Clinic—
Tacloban–Eastern Visayas Fighting Warays—Tacloban
University of Batangas—Batangas City
University of the East–CherrylumeMileage Asia CorporationManila
University of Santo Tomas—Manila
VNS Asereht——
Volida Volleyball Club—Manila

Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:

Preliminary Round
  1. Single-round robin preliminaries; 20 teams; 4 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
  2. The top two teams in each pool will qualified for the final round
Quarterfinal (knockout stage)
  1. QF1: #A1 vs. #D2
  2. QF3: #C1 vs. #B2
  3. QF2: #B1 vs. #C2
  4. QF4: #D1 vs. #A2
Semifinal (knockout stage)
  1. SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF3 winner
  2. SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF4 winner
Finals (knockout stage)
  1. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
  2. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Pools composition

The 20 teams were divided into four pools.[1]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Cignal HD Spikers National University PGJC–Navy University of Santo Tomas
Kuya JM–Davao City RTU-Basilan 3B Marikina City Tacloban Fighting Warays
Savouge Aesthetics Arellano University Angatleta–Orion D'Navigators Iloilo
Volida Volleyball Club VNS Asereht Jose Rizal University Santa Rosa City
University of Batangas University of the East-Cherrylume Plaridel, Quezon Emilio Aguinaldo College

Venue

All matches
Manila
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Cignal HD Spikers 4 4 0 12 12 0 MAX 300 178 1.685 Quarterfinals
2 Savouge Aesthetics 4 2 2 6 7 6 1.167 232 213 1.089
3 Kuya JM–Davao City 4 2 2 6 6 6 1.000 197 180 1.094
4 University of Batangas 4 2 2 6 6 7 0.857 275 285 0.965
5 Volida Volleyball Club 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 152 300 0.507
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
07 Nov14:00RMCCignal HD Spikers 3–0 Savouge Aesthetics 25–2125–1625–22  75–59 
09 Nov12:00RMCVolida Volleyball Club 0–3 University of Batangas 14–2512–2511–25  37–75 
14 Nov12:00RMCUniversity of Batangas 0–3 Cignal HD Spikers 15–2514–2516–25  45–75 
14 Nov14:00RMCKuya JM–Davao City 3–0 Volida Volleyball Club 25–1925–1925–11  75–49 
15 Nov08:00RMCVolida Volleyball Club 0–3 Savouge Aesthetics 11–2511–2517–25  39–75 
15 Nov14:00RMCCignal HD Spikers 3–0 Kuya JM–Davao City 25–1925–1725–11  75–47 
17 Nov18:00RMCSavouge Aesthetics 3–0 Kuya JM–Davao City 25–1725–1925–20  75–56 
18 Nov12:00RMCVolida Volleyball Club 0–3 Cignal HD Spikers 12–257–258–25  27–75 
19 Nov18:00RMCKuya JM–Davao City 3–0 University of Batangas 25–2025–1925–17  75–56 
20 Nov15:00RMCUniversity of Batangas 3–1 Savouge Aesthetics 25–2230–2819–2525–23 99–98 

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 National University 4 4 0 11 12 2 6.000 337 263 1.281 Quarterfinals
2 VNS Asereht 4 3 1 10 11 4 2.750 271 257 1.054
3 University of the East–Cherrylume 4 2 2 6 7 7 1.000 321 310 1.035
4 RTU-Basilan 4 1 3 2 3 11 0.273 271 325 0.834
5 Arellano University 4 0 4 1 3 12 0.250 280 353 0.793
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
07 Nov16:00RMCNational University 3–0 RTU-Basilan 25–1525–1725–19  75–51 
08 Nov12:00RMCUniversity of the East–Cherrylume 3–1 Arellano University 25–1822–2525–2225–23 97–88 
09 Nov14:00RMCVNS Asereht 3–1 University of the East–Cherrylume 25–1819–2525–2125–20 94–84 
14 Nov10:00RMCVNS Asereht 3–0 RTU-Basilan 25–2325–1525–23  75–61 
16 Nov18:00RMCNational University 3–2 VNS Asereht 25–2322–2525–2125–2715–6112–102 
18 Nov14:00RMCUniversity of the East–Cherrylume 0–3 National University 22–2523–2520–25  65–75 
18 Nov16:00RMCArellano University 0–3 VNS Asereht 11–2519–2517–25  47–75 
20 Nov09:00RMCRTU-Basilan 0–3 University of the East–Cherrylume 18–2516–2519–25  53–75 
20 Nov11:00RMCNational University 3–0 Arellano University 25–1725–1225–16  75–45 
21 Nov13:00RMCArellano University 2–3 RTU-Basilan 25–1925–2222–2518–2510–15100–106 

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 PGJC–Navy 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 322 184 1.750 Quarterfinals
2 Jose Rizal University 4 3 1 9 10 3 3.333 300 236 1.271
3 3B Marikina City 4 2 2 6 6 6 1.000 248 252 0.984
4 Plaridel, Quezon 4 1 3 3 3 9 0.333 242 268 0.903
5 Angatleta–Orion 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 127 300 0.423
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
08 Nov08:00RMCAngatleta–Orion 0–3 Jose Rizal University 11–2515–2512–25  38–75 
08 Nov10:00RMCPGJC–Navy 3–0 Plaridel, Quezon 25–1825–2325–20  75–61 
09 Nov18:00RMCPlaridel, Quezon 3–0 Angatleta–Orion 25–1825–1025–14  75–42 
14 Nov08:00RMC3B Marikina City 0–3 PGJC–Navy 20–2511–2518–25  49–75 
15 Nov10:00RMCJose Rizal University 3–0 3B Marikina City 25–1325–1725–19  75–49 
15 Nov12:00RMCPGJC–Navy 3–0 Angatleta–Orion 25–025–025–0  75–0 
16 Nov16:00RMC3B Marikina City 3–0 Plaridel, Quezon 25–2025–1425–21  75–55 
17 Nov16:00RMCAngatleta–Orion 0–3 3B Marikina City 11–2515–2521–25  47–75 
19 Nov14:00RMCJose Rizal University 1–3 PGJC–Navy 24–2616–2525–229–25 74–98 
20 Nov13:00RMCPlaridel, Quezon 0–3 Jose Rizal University 13–2514–2524–26  51–76 

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 University of Santo Tomas 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 320 247 1.296 Quarterfinals
2 D'Navigators Iloilo 4 3 1 9 9 3 3.000 293 246 1.191
3 Emilio Aguinaldo College 4 2 2 6 6 7 0.857 295 273 1.081
4 Santa Rosa City 4 1 3 3 4 10 0.400 273 335 0.815
5 Tacloban Fighting Warays 4 0 4 0 2 12 0.167 260 338 0.769
Source:
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
07 Nov18:00RMCUniversity of Santo Tomas 3–0 Santa Rosa City 25–1425–2025–17  75–51 
08 Nov14:00RMCSanta Rosa City 1–3 Emilio Aguinaldo College 16–2520–2525–2315–25 76–98 
09 Nov16:00RMCEmilio Aguinaldo College 0–3 University of Santo Tomas 20–2517–2518–25  55–75 
16 Nov14:00RMCD'Navigators Iloilo 3–0 Emilio Aguinaldo College 27–2525–2225–20  77–67 
17 Nov14:00RMCTacloban Fighting Warays 0–3 D'Navigators Iloilo 18–2517–2516–25  51–75 
18 Nov18:00RMCD'Navigators Iloilo 0–3 University of Santo Tomas 23–2523–2520–25  66–75 
19 Nov16:00RMCSanta Rosa City 3–1 Tacloban Fighting Warays 25–2318–2525–2025–21 93–89 
20 Nov17:00RMCTacloban Fighting Warays 0–3 Emilio Aguinaldo College 17–2517–2511–25  45–75 
21 Nov15:00RMCD'Navigators Iloilo 3–0 Santa Rosa City 25–1725–1425–22  75–53 
21 Nov17:00RMCUniversity of Santo Tomas 3–1 Tacloban Fighting Warays 25–1925–1920–2525–12 95–75 

Final round

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Nov10:00Cignal HD Spikers3–0D'Navigators Iloilo25–1825–2325–17  75–58 
23 Nov12:30PGJC–Navy0–3VNS Asereht24–2624–2624–26  72–78 
23 Nov15:00National University3–0Jose Rizal University26–2425–1925–18  76–61 
23 Nov17:30University of Santo Tomas3–0Savouge Aesthetics25–1925–2025–20  75–59 

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Nov15:00Cignal HD Spikers3–2VNS Asereht25–2125–2221–1523–2515–10109–93 
24 Nov17:30National University1–3University of Santo Tomas18–2522–2525–2024–26 89–96 

Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Nov10:00VNS Asereht3–2National University32–3423–2526–2425–2315–13121–119 

Gold Medal Match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Nov17:30Cignal HD Spikers2–3University of Santo Tomas25–2022–2522–2525–1913–15107–104 

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "36-team PNVF Challenge Cup kicks off Tuesday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum". Volleyball Philippines. Philippine National Volleyball Federation. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tigers, Lady Blazers emerge PNVF champions". The Philippine Star. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "LGUs rev up for PNVF Challenge Cup in November". Manila Bulletin. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "PNVF Challenge Cup lures 37 squads". Malaya Business Insight. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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